SELF-PORTRAIT is from my book MOUTHFUL. Have a nice week!
SELF-PORTRAIT
i hated drawing
as a kid
everyone called me
retarded
i really only liked
to draw
Bambi with boobs
one time i tried
drawing a self-portrait
but it just turned out
looking like
Bambi with boobs
so maybe
they were right
A few of the poems from the book were inspired by my time in the special ed (8 years I think). It was the first time I had a teacher show me special attention and encourage me to focus on the things I loved (like drawing). These were pivotal years for me.
If you like this poem, you might like the rest of the book. You can purchase it here:
"MOUTHFUL KEEPS A RUNNING LYRICAL TAB OF ALL OF THE STRAY, HORNY, QUOTIDIAN, ANXIOUS BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, GENEROUS THOUGHTS RACING THROUGH MATT'S HANDSOME LITTLE' HEAD. *CHEF'S KISS*”
- BRONTEZ PURNELL, Author of 100 Boyfriends
It’s like Emily Dickinson & Rod McKuen had sex in a Cinnabon and Em popped out a baby poet!
Matt Starr may well be the voice of his generation….